2 Timothy 4:9 NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

Here are divers particular matters which Paul mentions to Timothy, now at the closing of the epistle. 1. He bids him hasten to him, if possible (2Ti. 4:9): So thy diligence to come shortly to me. For Timothy was an evangelist, one who was not a fixed pastor of any one place, but attended the motions of the apostles, to build upon their foundation. Paul wanted Timothy's company and help; and the reason he gives is because several had left him (2Ti. 4:10); one from an ill principle, namely,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

4:9-15 Do your best to come and see me soon. Demas has deserted me, because he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful in service. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come bring with you the cloak which I left behind at Troas at Corpus' house, and bring the books, especially the parchments. Alexander, the coppersmith, did me a... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

The Gentile Of Whom All Spoke Well After Paul has spoken of the man who was the deserter, he goes on to speak of the man who was faithful unto death. "Luke alone is with me," he says. We know very little about Luke, and yet even from that little he emerges as one of the loveliest characters in the New Testament. (i) One thing we know by implication--Luke accompanied Paul on his last journey to Rome and to prison. He was the writer of the Book of Acts. Now there are certain passages of Acts... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

There is still another name with an untold, yet thrilling, story behind it in this roll. The Man Who Redeemed Himself Paul urges Timothy to bring Mark with him "for he is profitable to me for the ministry." The word ministry is not used in its narrower sense of the ministry of the Church but in its wider sense of service. "Bring Mark," says Paul, "for he is very useful in service." As E. F. Scott puts it; "Bring Mark, for he can turn his hand to anything." Or, as we might put it in our own... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

Helpers And A Hinderer And A Last Request So the list of names goes on. Of Crescens we know nothing at all. Titus was another of Paul's most faithful lieutenants. "My true child," Paul calls him ( Titus 1:4 ). When the trouble with the Church at Corinth had been worrying him, Titus had been one of Paul's emissaries in the struggle to mend things ( 2 Corinthians 2:13 ; 2 Corinthians 7:6 ; 2 Corinthians 7:13 ; 2 Corinthians 12:18 ). Tychicus had been entrusted with the delivery of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9

Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me. From Ephesus, where Timothy was, to Rome, where the apostle was; and this request did not arise purely from a desire of seeing Timothy, as in 2 Timothy 1:4 but rather because he had some things to say to him, relating to the care of the churches and the good of the interest of Christ, which he chose not to write with ink and paper; and he desires the rather that he would use diligence, and hasten his coming to him; partly because winter was coming... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9

Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me - He appears to have wished Timothy to be present at his death, that he might have his faith confirmed by seeing how a Christian could die; and, as he had but a short time to live, he begs Timothy to hasten his visit, and particularly so as he had scarcely now any companions. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9

Verse 9 9Make haste, to come to me quickly. As he knew that the time of his death was at hand, there were many subjects — I doubt not — on which he wished to have a personal interview with Timothy for the good of the Church; and therefore he does not hesitate to desire him to come from a country beyond the sea. Undoubtedly there must have been no trivial reason why he called him away from a church over which he presided, and at so great a distance. Hence we may infer how highly important are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9

Do thy diligence ( σπούδασον ); see 2 Timothy 2:15 , note. St. Paul's affectionate longing for Timothy's company in present danger and desertion is very touching. (For the chronological bearing of this passage, see Introduction.) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9-12

The apostle's loneliness and need of assistance and comfort. The longing for sympathy and help in his hour of trial was natural. "Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me." There were several reasons for his desire to see Timothy, apart from the natural anxiety to see the most attached of his faithful disciples. I. THE APOSTLE HAD BEEN DESERTED BY DEMAS . "Demas hath forsaken me." 1 . This brought great distress to the apostle: 2 . The cause of the desertion... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9-12

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